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exhibition
Terengganu-based AFI Brake Manufacturing Sdn Bhd once again participated in the Automechanika Shanghai 2018, Asia’s largest trade fair for automo- tive parts, accessories, equipment and services. Held from 28th November to 2nd December, 2018, the event was (Shanghai), China.
- form not only for gathering information from those we meet and generating new leads, but also in catching up with our
The products that the company exhibited were its disc brake pads, brake shoes and brake lining. “For the disc brake pads, our 3 main brands are Super Grip, Olymas low metallic brake pads while the Olymas is a ceramic for- power. It is made from asbestos-free brake compounds. In and Olymas is our mid-range. We also have other brands such as Techstar and Magnum low metallic brake pads, Ceramate and Rotormate ceramic formulation brake pads, metallic performance brake pads, just to name a few. ”
All of its products have received recognition and meet the - dard MS1164 and American National standards – Society of
“We have two manufacturing plants in Terengganu producing 2 million sets of brake pads and 1 million brake shoes every year. Initially, our plants only produced for the Japan market. Over the years, we started to produce for domestic and oth- er overseas markets as well. Today, 60 per cent of our total Asian countries including China, and Southeast Asia except Laos. The remaining 40 per cent is for local consumption. ”
Lin revealed that the company had just started to produce brake pads for commercial vehicles early last year under the Super Grip brand.
“Our future plan is to increase our production capacity and - lian markets,” he added.
- grated manufacturer of automotive disc brake pads for the aftermarket segment. Besides manufacturing its own prod- ucts under the respective brand names, the company also provides a customer’s brand manufacturing service.
From left: Alan Lin, Marketing Executive, Chong Tze Liang, Managing Director, and Adrian Dias, Export Sales Coordinator, AFI Brake Manufacturing Sdn Bhd.
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